Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914 - 1919

Sanderson, Thomas Walter, Gunner, 37218, Royal Artillery
Born Newmarket, Cambs
Enlisted Rocester, Staffs
Died of wounds France & Flanders 26th August 1918

Commonwealth War Graves Commission (www.cwgc.org)
B Battery, 76th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Aged 23
Son of Harry and Mary Adah Sanderson, of Cheesecake Farm, Norton, Malton, Yorks
Buried in St. Hilaire Cemetery Extension, Frevent, N, 24

Ashbourne News, 6th September 1918

The family formerly lived in Osmaston. A letter was sent to his parents from Corporal Upwend, of his battery, stating that Thomas had been wounded in the head by a piece of shrapnel, and that he died within ‘a few hours’